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The Mary Astor Blogathon: The Man With Two Faces (1934) A Caligarian Black Comedy with Astor as a Trilby like Sylph and the tell-tale Mustache in a Gideon’s Bible

THE MAN WITH TWO FACES (1934)

or ‘Of Mice and Mustaches’

Mary Astor plays Jessica Welles a Trilby-Like Sylph who falls under the spell of her treacherous husband played by Louis Calhern.Â Robinson’s role the tagline would suggest, “It’s the most unusual picture since “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”Â is quite misleading as his character Damon is not a split personality, induced by mad science or a fractured id run amok. He is simply impersonating a fictitious mustache, spectacles and goatee wearing Frenchman in order to lure his vicious prey into his vengeful murderous trap. Louis Calhern is an archetypal Svengali/Caligarian figure and ultimately it’s Damon’s fake mustache accidentally left in a Gideon’s Bible that gives the crime away. Archie Mayo had actually directed Svengali in 1931.

CapturFiles_67 Trilby and Svengali — *Astor* and *Calhern* Archetypal Trilby and Svengali characters

svengali Barrymore and Marsh — *Barrymore* and *Marian Marsh* in Svengali

The Man With Two Faces is a mystery thriller with comical overtones. Invoking Jekyll & Hyde is far off the mark as Edward G. Robinson only dons a disguise to rid his bewitched sister of her treacherous, conniving, abusive and murderous husband. The character of Damon is more like Zorro or The Lone Ranger exacting out a theatrical brand of vigilante justice. As an actor the milieu is perfect for him to wear a ‘mask’ posing as a producer to lure his tortured sister’s husband Vance (Yiddish for bedbug, pronounced ‘vants’ but it applies as Stanley Vance is quite the vermin) into his trap so he can kill him"¦

Mary Astor The Man with Two Faces — Mary Astor as the bewitched Jessica Welles in The Man with Two Faces

Mary Astor has a classy, understated beauty. She’s sophisticated and smart, refined and polished and worldly-wise. Often poised and self-possessed with a simmering kind of sexiness. Yet here in The Man With Two Faces, her light is just a bit diminished by the role of Jessica Welles who is forced to shape-shift from lovely star of the stage into a doll imprisoned in a fugue state.

I was thrilled when Dorian from Tales of the Easily Distracted and Ruth of Silver Screenings let me participate in The Mary Astor Blogathon. I wanted to pick a film that I hadn’t seen in order to enhance the fun of bringing some of her films to the attention of readers and really be inclusive while paying tribute to this great woman. I adore Mary Astor. And as much as I like The Maltese Falcon 1941, and simply adore Bogie, it wasn’t that iconic bit of Film Noir flight of fancy that brought Miss Astor to my attention. I hadn’t truly started to notice her work until I did an extensive feature on Robert Aldrich’s Grande Dame Guignol masterpiece Hush"¦ Hush Sweet Charlotte 1964 It was then that I became taken in with Mary Astor’s performance as the bitter and time worn Jewel Mayhew. Then of course being a huge fan of Boris Karloff’s Television series Thriller, I am one of the few people who actually think Rose’s Last Summer was one of the finest episodes of that series. Mary Astor bringing her classy swank and snark to the role of Rose French. I became a devout fan of hers from that time on, and have started trying to devour as much Mary Astor as I can"¦

It’s funny how most people might connect her with her role as Brigid O’ Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon 1941, but I think of her other contributions like Sandra Kovac in The Great Lie 1941 Mme. DeLaageÂ The Hurricane 1937 Antoinette de Mauban The Prisoner of Zenda 1937Â and of course in Dodsworth 1936 as Mrs. Edith Cortright.

Dodsworth-Mary Astor — *Mary Astor* and *Walter Huston* in Dodsworth 1936

The Man With Two Faces is a Warner Bros. black comedy not so much of a mystery, with tinges of the 19th Century melodramatic tradition written for the stage by George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott with a screenplay by Tom Reed and Niven Busch. The original play opened in New York City in 1933 and had 57 performances. Margaret Dale who plays Aunt Martha originated her movie role on the stage. The original cast included Porter Hall and Margaret Hamilton (The Wicked Witch of the West from Oz)

Produced by Hal Wallis, Jack L Warner and Robert Lord and Directed by Archie Mayo (Svengali 1931, Bordertown 1935, The Petrified Forest (1936) Moontide 1942 Angel on My Shoulder 1946) and with the production and art design by John Houghs (Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948, The Thing From Another World 1951)

Mary Astor as well as Mae Clarke (Frankenstein 1931, Waterloo Bridge 1931 and Public Enemy’s memorable grapefruit in the face girl) seem to be wasted in both these roles where the women are subverted ridiculed, demeaned and inconsequential. I wish Astor had more presence in the film… even the housekeeper Nettie has more spark to her character as does Aunt Martha. Astor just isn’t given enough layers to work with because she is in a trance most of the time, her character Jessica’s lack of affect doesn’t suit her usual spirited performances, here there are only little bursts of the dimension she is capable of.

CapturFiles_2 — I went to Syosset High School which was the town right next to Locust Valley… just a little sentimental factoid about your little *MonsterGirl*

CapturFiles_10 — **Jessica-“doctor dear why are you such a bother”**
**Dr. Kendall– “the bother was getting you well enough to act at all"¦ if you think it’s been a picnic”**
**Jessica-“Alright I’ll rest but do you mind if I get a little excited, it’s the first time in three years"¦ doctor why did all those people remember me?”**

CapturFiles_11 — **Dr. Kendall-” Why shouldn’t they, you weren’t entirely unknown you know.”**
**Jessica-“I know but comebacks you know, you know what they are. Critics staying home out of kindness. And the Times saying you were ‘adequate’**

CapturFiles_14a — *John Eldredge* as playwright Barry Jones

CapturFiles_20 copy — **Daphne-“Give the gentleman a cigar”**

CapturFiles_16 — **Barry-Why, he missed me**
**Damon “Ah, just my luck I always get buck fever when I see an author**“
**Barry-“Damon, I don’t know what you’re sore about your sister has a whole basket full of telegrams and everybody thinks it’s a grand play**“
**Damon– “Yeah, grand for a high school strawberry lawn festival, somebody oughta stuff that second act and put it in a museum"¦”**

CapturFiles_22 — **Daphne– “f I had known that, I’d never have acted in your play”**
**Damon– “Oh Daphne my love… you never acted in any play, never will.”**

CapturFiles_44 — **Aunt Martha– “Well you’ve never said a truer word in your life Mr.Weston the work was just the medicine that Jessica needed”**
**Ben Weston– “Well I always knew she would act again.”**
**Aunt Martha “Well I didn’t. I was in front the night she collapsed. They dismissed the audience, you’d a thought she’d been drugged.”**
**Ben Weston– “A lot of people said it was drugs.”**
**Aunt Martha– “There were all sorts of stories around but the truth was that husband of hers"¦ Stanley Vance.”**
**Ben Weston– “From what I’ve heard, he must have been the lowest form of animal life.”**

CapturFiles_22 Why do you always break down, you did that tonight — **Damon-“Why do you always break down, you did that tonight”**

CapturFiles_92 — **Damon coaches Jessica on the finer points of her acting…**

CapturFiles_106 — **“Hattie I’m famished”**

CapturFiles_119 — **Daphne asks Barry to accompany her on a bit of *Stormy Weather*. Â**

Mary Astor who plays actress Jessica Welles, is a delicate Trilby-like sylph who is married to a cold-blooded cad Stanley Vance (Louis Calhern The Asphalt Jungle 1950) Vance is a conniving, controlling Svengali/Caligari-esque cutthroat who not only bilks old ladies out of their fortunes but actually murdered his first wife. He seems to possess the art of hypnosis and uses it to manipulate Jessica into a state of virtual somnambulist enslavement. With the mere tilt of his head and leering eyes that penetrate she goes deeper under his control. In his presence she is a wilting flower, powerless, catatonic and as submissive as Trilby, a piece of clay to be molded in any form Vance desires.

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Postcards from Shadowland No.11

Bela in Chandu the Magician — **Bela Lugosi and Irene Ware in Chandu the Magician 1932**

Chaney Sr., Lon (He Who Gets Slapped)_ — **Lon Chaney -He Who Gets Slapped 1924**

claudette-colbert-cleopatra-1 — **Claudette Colbert and Henry Wilcoxon in Cleopatra 1934**

**The Sound of Fury aka Try and Get Me 1950**

Dante's Inferno — **Dante’s Inferno (1911)**

FallenAngel — Fallen Angel (1945) *Dana Andrews, Alice Faye and Linda Darnell*

**Gun Crazy (1950) Peggy Cummins and John Dall**

InALonelyPlace — **In a Lonely Place (1950) Gloria Grahame**

kitten with a whip — *Ann -Margret* in Kitten With a Whip 1964

*Gene Tierney* and *Dana Andrews* Laura (1944)

MalteseFalcon jpg — *Mary Astor* The Maltese Falcon (1941)

misterbuddwing1965 — *James Garner* and *Angela Lansbury* -Mister Buddwing (1966)

out of-the-past — Out of the Past (1947) *Robert Mitchum* and *Virginia Huston*

plunder road — Plunder Road (1957) *Elisha Cook Jr.*

*Kim Stanley* and *Richard Attenborough* Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1964

The blue dahlia alan ladd and veronica lake — The Blue Dahlia (1946) *Alan Ladd* and *Veronica Lake*

z-Aelita — **Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)**

Postcards From Shadowland’s Big Fat No.10

Alexandra Schmidt in Mother Kraus' jounrey to happiness mutter-krausens-fahrt-ins-gluck-schmidt — **Alexandra Schmidt in ‘Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness’ (1929)**

all-about-eve-anne-baxter-bette-davis-marilyn-monroe-richard carlson-george sanders-celeste holm — **Director *Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s* brilliant satire- All About Eve (1950) starring the inimitable *Bette Davis* as Margo Channing and *Ann Baxter* as the cunning Eve Harrington.**

All's Quet on the Western Front — Director Lewis Milestone’s All’s Quiet on the Western Front-(1930) starring *Lew Ayres*

anatomy of murder scene — *Otto Preminger’s* riveting court room noir Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

battleship-potemkin-odessa-steps-sergei-eisenstein — **Battleship Potemkin (1925) *Sergei Eisenstein’s* masterpiece about the great Russian naval mutiny.**

*Jule’s Dassin’s* brutal noir masterpiece Brute Force (1947)

Cat-on-a-Hot-Tin-Roof-elizabeth-taylor-scene — *Richard Brooks* adaptation of *Tennessee William’s* Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

DameJudith:MrsDanvers — *Alfred Hitchcock’s* adaptation of *Daphne Du Maurier’s* Rebecca 1940

janet-leigh-touch-of-evil-charlton-heston — *Orson Welles’* film classic Touch of Evil (1958)

notre-dame-hunchbackLaughton — *William Dieterle’s* adaptation of *Victor Hugo’s* The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939

kiss of death — *Henry Hathaway’s* disturbing noir classic Kiss of Death 1947

Lee Remick in Experiment in Terror 1960 — *Blake Edwards* Experiment in Terror 1960

*Bert I. Gordon’s* Earth Vs The Spider 1958

Dracula's Daughter — *Lambert Hillyer’s* understated yet powerfully erotic horror classic Dracula’s Daughter 1936

Linda darnell no way out — *Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s* taut and thought provoking social noir No Way Out 1950

little-caesar-edward-g-robinson — *Mervyn LeRoy’s* gangster odyssey Little Caesar 1931

Day the earth stood still robert wise — *Robert Wise’s* Science Fiction masterpiece The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

long dark hall — *Reginald Beck* and *Anthony Bushell’s* suspenseful The Long Dark Hall 1951

loretta-young-lon-chaney-laugh-clown-laugh — *Herbert Brenon’s* beautiful Laugh, Clown, Laugh 1928

m-peter-lorre- — *Fritz Lang’s* notorious psychological thriller M (1931)

Monday Nights with Oscar — *Otto Preminger’s* noir masterpiece about addiction The Man with the Golden Arm 1955

allison hayes Attack of the 50 foot woman — *Nathan Juran’s* iconic 50s campy sci-fi romp Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

marsha-hunt-actress-raw-deal-john-ireland — *Anthony Mann’s* noir classic Raw Deal (1948)

*Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s* surreal and transcendent Mother Joan of the Angels 1961

Nancy Kelly in The Bad Seed — *Mervyn LeRoy’s* naughty tale about a child psychopath. The Bad Seed (1956)

naked kiss2 — *Samuel Fuller’s* irreverent noir gem The Naked Kiss (1964)

odd+man+out+1947 — *Carol Reed’s* intense noir thriller Odd Man Out (1947)

Norma Desmond — *Billy Wilder’s* iconic film noir masterwork of grand proportions Sunset Blvd (1950)

orphee-jean-marais — *Jean Cocteau’s* stunning Orpheus (1950) OrphÃ©e

outofthepas — *Jacques Tourneur’s* hauntingly mesmerizing noir Out of the Past (1947)

Peggy Cummings Gun Crazy — *Joseph E. Lewis* Gun Crazy or Deadly is the Female (1950)

penny_serenade — *George Steven’s* sadness and joyful Penny Serenade (1941)

frankenstein — *James Whale’s* campy take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 1931

the+black+cat — *Edgar G. Ulmer’s* sadistic and transgressive journey into horror The Black Cat 1934

vampyr — *Carl Theodor Dreyer’s* masterful vision of quiet uncanny horror Vampyr (1932)

prowler-tale — *Joseph Losey’s* titillating noir The Prowler ((1951)

photo-Les-Diaboliques-1954-3 — *Henri-Georges Clouzot’s* brilliantly chilling Les-Diaboliques-1955

*Bryan Forbes’* compelling suspense thriller Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

*Buster Keaton’s* fantastic Seven Chances (1925)

*Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson’s* SCARFACE (1932)

sparrows-mary-pickford — *William Beaudine’s* haunting Sparrows (1926)

Bride of Frankestein — *James Whales e*ven campier and finest work The Bride of Frankenstein 1935

streetcar-named-desire-leigh-brando — *Elia Kazan’s* volatile theme of desolation and passion based on *Tennessee William’s* play A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

**some more divine SUNSET BOULEVARD 1950**

the nymph ward shock corridor — *Samuel Fuller’s* edgy Shock Corridor (1963)

old-dark-house-karloff-stuart — *Jame’s Whale’s* The Old Dark House 1932

They-Live-By-Night — *Nicholas Ray’s* incredibly beautiful film noir journey They Live By Night (1948)

Theo and Eleanor — *Robert Wise’s* uncompromising ghost story adapted from Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting (1963)

white-heat-james-cagney-600x450 — *Raoul Walsh’s* iconic crime thriller White Heat (1949)

Initially – They’re Mad Doctor-S! – H M T X and Z

“THE MARK OF A MADMAN WHO LIVES TO KILL!”

THE DIABOLICAL DR Z (1966)

THE BLACK PIT OF DR M 1959

THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR T. (1953)

Doctor X (1932)

THE RETURN OF DR X 1939

The H MAN (1958)

Is That a Woman Doing Science??????

You know, men aren’t the only ones that know how to use a syringe…turn some dials, flip some switches,Â crank the whatsit, and raise up the thingamabob…extend the oscillator and tweak the Mezzershmitzchen levels!

Women play with Ape Men, they build men, they like maggots, make deadly nerve gas and even perform reconstructive surgery on their own faces!

LADY FRANKENSTEIN 1971

Rosalba Neri as Tania Frankenstein

FRAULEIN DOKTOR 1969

Capucine as Dr. Saforet

DR JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE 1971

Martine Beswick as Sister Hyde

STRANGE BEHAVIOR 1981 aka Dead Kids

Fiona Lewis as Dr. Gwen Parkinson

TROG 1970

Joan Crawford as Dr. Brockton

DAUGHTER OF DR JEKYLL 1957

Gloria Talbott as Janet Smith Jekyll’s descendent

BLOOD OF DRACULA 1957

Louise Lewis as Miss Branding-science teacher!

The Devil Doll 1936

Radaela Ottiano as Malita

THE SPIDER WOMAN STRIKES BACK 1946

Gale Sondergaard as Miss Zenobia Dollard

SON OF INGAGI 1940

Laura Bowman as Dr. Helen Jackson

La furia del Hombre Lobo 1972 Fury of The Wolfman

Perla Cristal as Dr. Ilona Alman / Eva Wolfstein

FLESH FEAST 1970

Veronica Lake as Dr.Elaine Frederick

The Diabolical Dr. Z 1966

Mabel Karr As Irma Zimmer

**Mad Scientist Irma doing plastic surgery on herself!!!!!**

EYES WITHOUT A FACE 1960

Special Assistant Award to Alida Valli as Louise.

yeux-sans-visage-1959-13-g — **The devoted Louise**

Honorary Mention to Jan in The Pan for donating her head to science!

The Brain That Would Not Die! 1962

Postcards From Shadowland No.6

49th parallel — **The 49th Parallel (1949) Directed by Michael Powell and starring Leslie Howard and Laurence Olivier**

Beauty and The Beast -Cocteau — **La Belle et la BÃªte 1946 directed by Jean Cocteau starring Jean Marais and Josette Day**

BeggarsofLife. — **Beggars of Life 1928 staring Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks and Richard Arlen. Directed by William Wellman**

BunnyLakeIsMissing — **Bunny Lake is Missing 1965 Directed by Otto Preminger. Starring Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier, and Keir Dullea**

CarnivalofSinners1943 — **La Main du Diable or Carnival of Sinners 1943 Directed by Maurice Tourneur and stars Pierre Fresnay, Josseline Gael and Noel Roquevert**

**The Devil and Daniel Webster 1941 Directed by William Dieterle and stars Walter Houston as Old Scratch, and Edward Arnold, Jane Darwell and Simone Simon.**

**Experiment in Terror 1962 directed by Blake Edwards and starring Lee Remick, Glenn Ford, Stephanie Powers and a raspy Ross Martin as ‘Red’ Lynch**

Fedra The Devils Daugter 1956 — **Fedra The Devil’s Daughter 1956 Directed by Manuel Mur Oti and stars Emma Penelia, Enrique Diosdado and Vicente Parra**

Joan Crawford Possessed — **Joan Crawford is Possessed 1947 directed by Curtis Bernhardt, also starring Van Heflin and Raymond Massey**

Les_diaboliques — **Diaboliques 1955 directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot and Paul Meurisse**

Never Take Candy From A Stranger — **Never Take Sweets From A Stranger 1960 Directed by Cyril Frankel and stars Gwen Watford, Patrick Allen and Felix Aylmer**

**The Night Holds Terror 1955 Directed by Andrew L. Stone starring Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards and John Cassavetes**

**Robert Mitchum is Harry Powell, in Night of The Hunter 1955 Directed by Charles Laughton also starring Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish**

Strangers on a Train — **Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers On a Train 1951 starring Farley Granger, Robert Walker and Ruth Roman**

Sunset Boulevard2 — **Gloria Swanson is Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard 1950 Directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden and Erich von Stroheim**

The 7th Victim — **Val Lewton’s The Seventh Victim 1943 Directed by Mark Robson and stars Kim Hunter, Tom Conway and Jean Brooks**

the black cat boris and bela — **Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi star in Edgar G. Ulmer’s The Black Cat 1934 inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s story.**

**The Killer Is Loose 1956 Directed by Budd Boetticher and stars Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming and Wendell Corey**

The Ox Bow Incident — **The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 Directed by William Wellman and stars Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes and Anthony Quinn**

the Prowler — **The Prowler 1951 Directed by Joseph Losey and stars Evelyn Keyes and Van Heflin**

The Queen of Spades mirror — **The Queen of Spades 1949 Directed by Thorold Dickinson and stars Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans and Yvonne Mitchell**

**Lon Chaney stars in Tod Browning’s The Unknown 1927 also starring Joan Crawford and Norman Kerry.**

The Werewolf 1956 Ed L Cahn — **Edward L. Cahn’s 1956 film The Werewolf**

**Jean Epstein’s The Fall of the House of Usher 1928 inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and adapted for the screen by Luis Bunuel**

Their Leotards are so Mod-ern! The Outer and Inner Space Femme

Alraune Brigitte Helm — **Daughter of Destiny 1928 Brigitte Helm-Alraune**

anne-francis and Robby — **Anne Francis Forbidden Planet 1956**

AnneFrancis — **Anne Francis-Forbidden Planet 1956**

catwomenfrommoon — **Cat Women of the Moon**

Fire Maidens 2 — **Fire Maidens of Outer Space 1956**

FireMaidens of Outer Space — **Fire Maidens of Outer Space 1956**

metropolis_dancing-maria — **Metropolis 1927 dancing Maria Brigitte Helm**

phantom_planet_u_03 — **The Phantom Planet 1961**

plan9FromOuterSpace — **Plan 9 From Outer Space 1959**

Things to come copy — **Things to Come 1936**

things to come — **Things To Come 1936**

She-Monster2 — **The Astounding She Monster**

planetoffemaleinvaders-1956 — **Â Planet of Female Invaders -Mexican sci-fi!**

santovmartianinvasion-1966 — **Santos vs the women martian invasion 1966**

MonsterGirl from Planet Earth , present day!

Postcards From Shadowland No.5

A Cry In The Night — **A Cry in The Night (1956)** Directed by Frank Tuttle, and starring Natalie Wood, Edmond O’Brien and Brian Donlevy

Amy-Curse of The Cat People — **Curse of The Cat People 1944** directed by Robert Wise, produced by Val Lewton, and starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith and Ann Carter

Barrymore & Costello The Sea Beast — **The Sea Beast 1926** directed by Millard Webb, written by Herman Melville and starring Dolores Costello and John Barrymore.

Belle et la Bete — **La Belle et la BÃªte 1946** directed by Jean Cocteau starring Jean Marais and Josette Day.

BIG HEAT — **The Big Heat (1953)** directed by Fritz Lang and Starring Gloria Grahame, Glenn Ford and Jocelyn Brando.

body-and-soul--2 — **Body and Soul 1947** directed by Robert Rossen, starring John Garfield, Lilli Palmer and Hazel Brooks

Bury Me Dead 1947 — **Bury Me Dead (1947)** directed by Bernard Vorhaus starring Cathy O’Donnell, June Lockart and Hugh Beaumont.

**Curse of The Cat People 1944** directed by Robert Wise, and produced by Val Lewton. Starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith and Ann Carter.

dead-of-night-redgrave-and-dummy — **Dead of Night (1945)** directed by Alberto Cavalcanti,Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer. With stories by H.G.Wells, E.F.Benson, John Baines and Angus MacPhail.

Ethel Grey Terry and Lon Chaney The Penalty — **The Penalty 1920** directed by Wallace Worsley and starring Lon Chaney as Blizzard. With Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason and Ethel Grey Terry.

**Eye of The Devil 1966** directed by J.Lee Thompson and starring Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Sharon Tate, Donald Pleasance, Flora Robson and David Hemmings.

george-raft-EACH DAWN I DIE — **Each Dawn I Die (1939)** directed by William Keighley and starring George Raft and James Cagney.

horror hotel — **Horror Hotel (1960) aka City of The Dead** directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis and Betta St. John

Man in black Ã– Ivor Novello in The Lodger. — **The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)** directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Ivor Novello as the mysterious Lodger.

iwakeupscreaming — **I Wake Up Screaming (1941)** directed by H.Bruce Humberstone and starring Victor Mature, Betty Grable and Carol Landis.

kiss-me-deadly — Robert Aldrich’s 1955 Film Noir **Kiss Me Deadly** starring Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer.

Mad Love — **MAD LOVE (1935)** directed by Karl Freund starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake and Colin Clive.

manwholaughs — **The Man Who Laughs 1928** directed by Paul Leni and starring Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine, and Mary Philbin as Dea.

metropolis — Fritz Lang’s German Expressionist masterpiece of futuristic entropy blending element of Sci-Fi and hints of Film Noir to come. **Metropolis (1927)** Starring Brigitte Helm and Alfred Abel.

NightWalker — William Castle’s **The Night Walker (1964)** starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Judi Meredith, Lloyd Bochner and Marjorie Bennett.

The Devil’s in The Details: 36 film flavors of a devilsh nature!

HÃ¤xan (1926)

1-Eye of The Devil (1966)

David Niven is the Marquis Philippe de Montfaucon who is called back to his castle Bellenac because the dry season is destroying his vineyards. He reluctantly lets his wife (Deborah Kerr) and children join him. de Montfaucon has a superstitious secret, as the people surrounding him hold pagan rituals, for his legacy is connected to a great sacrifice…also stars Sharon Tate, Donald Pleasance, and David Hemmings. Directed by J. Lee Thompson.

2-The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)

A 19th Century New Hampshire farmer who makes a compact with the Devil for economic success enlists Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract. Stars Edward Arnold, Walter Houston as you know who, and Jane Darwell. Directed by William Dieterle

3-The Devil’s Partner (1961)

An old man sells his soul to the devil and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival. Stars Ed Nelson, Edgar Buchanan, Jean Allison, and Richard Crane.

4-The Devil’s Hand (1962)

A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a satanic cult. Stars Robert Alda and Linda Christian.

5-The Devil’s Hand aka Carnival of Sinners (1943)

Roland Brissot bought a nickel a talisman that gives him love, fame, and wealth. The talisman is a cut left hand..directed by Maurice Tourneur

6-The Devil’s Daughter (1939)

Sylvia Walton returns from Harlem to take over a Jamaican plantation from her vindictive half-sister, amid the growing sound of drums. Stars Nina Mae McKinney, Jack Carter, and Ida James.

7-The Devil’s Daughter (1973)

A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Shelley Winters and Belinda Montgomery. The 70s made for tv movie!

8-Race With The Devil (1975)

Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual. Starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker, and R.G. Armstrong.

9-The Devil’s Rain (1975)

A bunch of Satanists in the American rural landscape have terrible powers which enable them to melt their victims. However one of the children of an earlier victim vows to destroy them. Stars Ernest Borgnine, Ida Lupino, William Shatner and Eddie Albert. Directed by Robert Fuest.

10-The Devil’s Wedding Night (1973)

Lady Dracula uses Dracula’s ring to lure beautiful girls to her castle, where she murders them so she can bathe in their blood. Starring Mark Damon and Rosalba Neri.

11-The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Christopher Lee is Nicholas the Duc de Richleau who travels to England to visit a friend and discovers a satanic cult! Also stars Charles Gray and is directed by Terence Fisher.

12-To The Devil, A Daughter (1976)

An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plans on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth. Stars Christopher Lee, Richard Widmark, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliot and Nastassja Kinski.

13-The Devil and Miss Sarah (1971)

A notorious outlaw being escorted to prison by a homesteader and his wife turns out to have satanic powers. He uses them on the man’s wife to try to possess her and help him escape. ABC movie of the week starring Janice Rule and Gene Barry.

14-The Doctor and The Devils (1985)

Grave robbers supply a doctor with bodies. Based on Burke and Hare. Directed by Freddie Francis and starred Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Julian Sands, and Twiggy.

15-The Devil’s Backbone (2001)

a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War arrives at an ominous boy’s orphanage he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets that he must uncover. Guillermo del Toro’s hauntingly beautiful film.

16-Dust Devil (1992)

A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitchhiker. Stars Robert John Burke, Chelsea Field, and Zakes Mokae.

17-The Devil Doll (1936)

An escaped Devil’s Island convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those that framed him. Story by Tod Browning and uncredited for his directing it stars Lionel Barrymore as Paul Lavond/Madame Mandilip, and Maureen O’Sullivan as the daughter he is cheated of.

18-Sinthia: The Devil’s Doll (1970)

Cynthia Kyle murders her parents while having sex. Eights years later she is plagued with nightmares! Directed by Ray Dennis Steckler

19-Devil Doll (1964)

An evil hypnotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress’ millions.Â

20-Devil Dog- The Hound of Hell (1978)

A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family. Oh well, not one of Curtis Harrington’s shining moments. Stars Richard Crenna Yvette Mimieux and Kim Richards. Another ABC Movie of the Week from the 70s!

21-The Devil’s Own 1966 aka The Witches

Following a horrifying experience with the occult in Africa, a schoolteacher moves to a small English village, only to discover that black magic resides there as well. Stars Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, and Alec McCowen.

22-The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

When Max dies in an accident, he winds up in hell. But the devil Barney makes him an offer: if he can get three innocent youths to sell him their souls, Max can go back to earth. Stars Bill Cosby as Barney Satin and Elliot Gould as Max Devlin.

23-She Devil (1957)

A GORGEOUS DEMON! They created an inhuman being who destroyed everything she touched! The woman they couldn’t kill! Directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Mari Blanchard and Albert Dekker.

24-Blood of The Man Devil (1965) aka House of the Black Death

Two brothers, both of whom are warlocks, use their powers and the covens of witches to battle over the family fortune. Stars Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, and Andrea King.

25-Devils of Darkness (1965)

A secret vampire cult, which has its headquarters beneath the town cemetery, searches for victims for its human sacrifice rituals. Stars William Sylvester and Carole Gray. Directed by Lance Comfort.

26-Night of The Devils 1972

The patriarch of a wealthy family fears that he will show up one day in vampire form. Should this happen, he warns his family not to let him back in his house, no matter how much he begs them. Stars Giani Garko and Agostina Belli.

27-Devil’s Possessed (1974)

An evil ruler uses witchcraft and evil spirits to keep his subjects in line, but his reign of terror prompts the people to revolt. Stars Paul Naschy and Norma Sebre

28-She Devil’s on Wheels 1968

An all-female motorcycle gang, called ‘The Maneaters’ holds motorcycle races, as well as terrorize the residents of a small Florida town, and clashes off against an all-male rival gang of hot-riders. Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis.

29-The Devils (1971)

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun. Ken Russell’s vigorous take on the true story of The Devils of Loudun. Starring Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed.

30-The Devil Has Seven Faces 1971

Euro-Exploitation thriller starring Carroll Baker, George Hilton, and Stephen Boyd. It’s got Carroll Baker nuf said!

31-Devil In Miss Jones 1973

Adult/Fantasy about Miss Justine Jones who is tired of her life and commits suicide. Will she end up in Heaven or Hell? Starring Georgina Spelvin as Justine Jones. Directed by Gerard Damiano.

32-The House of The Devil (2009)

Ti West directs this contemporary horror flick that looks like it was truly made In the 1980s. College student Samantha Hughes (Jocelyn Donahue)takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov plan to use her in a satanic ritual.

33-The Devil’s Messenger (1961)

In this feature version of the Swedish TV series “13 Demon Street,” a 50,000-year-old woman is found frozen in an ice field, and a man’s death is foretold in dreams. Narrated by Lon Chaney Jr.

34-The Devil’s Widow aka Tam Lin (1970)

Based on an ancient Scottish folk song, an older woman uses witchcraft to keep her young jet-set friends. Directed by Roddy McDowall starring the amazing Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Stephanie Beacham, and Cyril Cusack.

35-Diablolique (1955)

The wife of a cruel headmaster and his mistress conspire to kill him, but after the murder is committed, his body disappears, and strange events begin to plague the two women. Henri-Georges Cluzot’s macabre masterpiece starring Simone Signoret, Vera Cluzot, and Paul Meurisse.

36-LISA AND THE DEVIL (1974)

Elke Sommer is Lisa a tourist in an ancient city, who stumbles onto an old mansion and soon becomes the victim of a diabolical evil. Also starring Telly Savalas as Leandro a devil! and Alida Vali as the countess. Directed by the master of Gothic horror-Mario Bava.